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IELTS Grammar — practice questions

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Choose the grammatically correct sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in: 'If I ___ more time, I would learn another language.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the correct passive form of 'They will announce the results tomorrow.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct article: '___ honest person never lies.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the sentence with correct parallel structure:Read the answer and worked solution →IELTS · English · Academic Word List — Memory FlipRead the answer and worked solution →Match each pair of words to the distinctionRead the answer and worked solution →Fewer or less?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: commonly misused wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Compare to, or compare with?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the shall and will ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every expression Strunk says to avoid or cutRead the answer and worked solution →Due to, and other trapsRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Noun or verb?Read the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: word with its meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: more usage entriesRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: fix a misused wordRead the answer and worked solution →Choosing the right wordRead the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

  1. Neither the teacher nor the students was ready.
  2. Neither the teacher nor the students were ready.
  3. Neither the teacher nor the students is ready.
  4. Neither the teacher or the students were ready.
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Correct answer: B. Neither the teacher nor the students were ready.

With 'neither...nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject ('students' → plural 'were'). 'Nor' (not 'or') pairs with 'neither'.

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Fill in: 'If I ___ more time, I would learn another language.'

  1. am having
  2. had
  3. have
  4. will have
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Correct answer: B. had

Second conditional (hypothetical) uses the past simple in the if-clause: 'If I had...'

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Choose the correct sentence:

  1. The number of applicant have increased.
  2. The number of applicants has increased.
  3. The number of applicants have increased.
  4. A number of applicants has increased.
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Correct answer: B. The number of applicants has increased.

'The number of' takes a singular verb ('has'). ('A number of' would take plural.)

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